Violence, Imagination, and Resistance: Socio-legal Interrogations of Power
()
About this ebook
Much of the discussion of social transformation and resistance in socio-legal studies centres around the question of whether and how the law can be used to achieve practical change. However, the editors of this volume argue that it will never be possible to enact change through the law because it is inseparable from violence, be it metaphysical, social, or political. They posit that a “just world,” free from oppressive power relations, requires us to imagine communities where the state and its law cease to exist. Contributors address the underexplored questions of what alternatives to law could look like: how communities could organize their everyday lives, and how they could address social and interpersonal conflicts outside of an apparatus of violence. These essays contribute to the ongoing interrogation of settler colonialism, racism, and structural violence in Canada by demonstrating how to expose the violence the law produces, how to deconstruct law’s power, and, finally, how to identify modes of resistance that have transformative potential.
Related to Violence, Imagination, and Resistance
Related ebooks
Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Borders of Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOf Law and the World: Critical Conversations on Power, History, and Political Economy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSexual Regulation and the Law, A Canadian Perspective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLegal Intellectuals in Conversation: Reflections on the Construction of Contemporary American Legal Theory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Protest Becomes Crime: Politics and Law in Liberal Democracies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Foundations of Natural Morality: On the Compatibility of Natural Rights and the Natural Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHuman Rights in Canada: A History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLegal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sublime of the Political: Narrative and Autoethnography as Theory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow the Gloves Came Off: Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Alt Kid Lit: What Children's Literature Might Be Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRacial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles Against Subjection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInvestigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Theory and Practice across Disciplines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMixed Race 3.0: Risk and Reward in the Digital Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice and Critical Legal Theory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Subject of Human Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDebating Rights Inflation in Canada: A Sociology of Human Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLaw's Dream of a Common Knowledge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRacism in Southern Alberta and Anti-racist Activism for Change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Sisterhoods: Paradigms and Praxis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorking Law: Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHuman Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Between Slavery and Freedom: Philosophy and American Slavery Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Ethnographic Refusals, Unruly Latinidades Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaging Borders and Carceral States: Incarcerations, Immigration Detentions, and Resistance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReclaiming Canadian Bodies: Visual Media and Representation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Law For You
The ZERO Percent: Secrets of the United States, the Power of Trust, Nationality, Banking and ZERO TAXES! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Win In Court Every Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dictionary of Legal Terms: Definitions and Explanations for Non-Lawyers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Law For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legal Words You Should Know: Over 1,000 Essential Terms to Understand Contracts, Wills, and the Legal System Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Criminal Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnow Your Rights: A Survival Guide for Non-Lawyers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Paralegal's Handbook: A Complete Reference for All Your Daily Tasks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pro Se Litigant's Civil Litigation Handbook: How to Represent Yourself in a Civil Lawsuit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Contracts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrans: When Ideology Meets Reality Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Everything Guide To Being A Paralegal: Winning Secrets to a Successful Career! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/58 Living Trust Forms: Legal Self-Help Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Common Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Executor's Guide, The: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Verbal Judo, Second Edition: The Gentle Art of Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Everything Executor and Trustee Book: A Step-by-Step Guide to Estate and Trust Administration Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wills and Trusts Kit For Dummies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail--Every Place, Every Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Violence, Imagination, and Resistance
0 ratings0 reviews